LEARN/CREATE (MT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

1:00 pm

Arts In Every Classroom: A Workshop for Elementary School Teachers, The"Workshop 8. Building On New Ideas"
More documentary segments show further work by the team members with their students, among themselves, and with colleagues. The end-of-year discussions continue, with team members reflecting on how their new initiatives in the arts have affected them and their schools, and offering advice for other teachers who want to bring the arts into their own classrooms. D

2:00 pm

Art of the Western World"Into The Twentieth Century"
Part I: With modernity came new energy and forms in Viennese building and painting. Paris saw the emergence of the Fauves, and of Picasso and Cubism. Kandinsky and others experimented with color abstraction. D

3:00 pm

Artifacts & Fiction: Workshop In American Literature"Workshop 7. Ritual Artifacts"
From Victorian calling cards to Puritan gravestones, ritual artifacts reveal how humans create and define order in their lives. This session explains how to apply close reading skills to sacred and secular ritual objects to enrich understanding of the cultural setting of a literary text. D

4:00 pm

Science In Focus: Force and Motion"When Rubber Meets The Road"
A rubber band twisted around the axle of a plastic car provides the force that moves the car forward. In this workshop, fifth-grade students continue their exploration of force and motion by recording and comparing the distance a vehicle travels under various conditions. Students predict the distance the car will travel by counting the number of twists in the rubber band, and observe the car's speed as it rolls across the floor. When the force of the rubber band stops acting, the force of friction slows the car to a stop.G

5:00 pm

Hands On Crafts for Kids"Lettering"
Today we take a very personal approach using our names and monograms. Our first projects are monogram ornaments made from air dry clay. Then make initial letter necklaces for you and your friends. D

Chef's Life"Love Me Some Candied Yams!"
Vivian introduces viewers to Rob and Amy Hill, proprietors of one of the largest sweet potato farms in the country and two of the restaurant's best customers. Vivian and her mom, Scarlett, make her grandmother's candied yams, and Vivian later re-imagines these for the restaurant with texture, sorghum and pecans. Mother Earth Brewery and Chef & the Farmer team up for a beer dinner, featuring first-of-the-season sweet potatoes. D

8:00 pm

Great Performances"Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell"
Comedy legend Steve Martin is also a Grammy-winning, boundary-pushing bluegrass banjoist and songwriter. GREAT PERFORMANCES turns the spotlight on Martin's musical side with a concert performance of his new collaboration with Edie Brickell, who initially burst onto the national scene in the late 80s fronting the New Bohemians. They are backed by the Steep Canyon Rangers.G